Last Friday I was devastated by a headline on my social media timeline: “Diahann Carroll, Pioneering Actress on ‘Julia’ and ‘Dynasty,’ Dies at 84.” Born in the Bronx in 1935 and raised in Harlem, ...
NEW YORK -- Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.
On the C-SPAN Networks: Diahann Carroll is an Actor with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2011 Ceremony. At the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National ...